†Chaetasterina Hess 1970 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Asterinidae
Full reference: H. Hess. 1970. Schlangensterne und Seesterne aus dem oberen Hauterivien "Pierre jaune" von St-Blaise bei Neuchatel. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 63(3):1069-1091
Parent taxon: Asterinidae according to A.S. Gale 2020
See also Hess 1970 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Asterininae
Subtaxa: Chaetasterina gracilis
Type: Chaetasterina gracilis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Pierre-Jaune, Hauterivian, St. Blaise (Cretaceous of Switzerland)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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